Environmental Problems of East Central Europe (Routledge Studies of Societies in Transition)

In this new edition, the progress made in the last decade to solve the environmental problems described in the first edition is assessed. The attempts to bring environmental legislation into line with West European norms is also described. Environmental Problems of East-Central Europe looks at air and water pollution, modern farming, water supplies, waste management and landscape protection. These topics are placed within economic, social and political profiles, as spending on a clean environment must be reconciled with welfare spending and the safeguarding of jobs, European Union assistance, civil society and the work of environmental NGOs are also discussed. All of these matters are considered within the context of the wider geographical area and then by each individual country, including the previously communist states lying to the west of the Soviet Union (now with the former federal states of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia broken up into seven different entities) and a review of the former Soviet Union with particular reference to the Baltic States. Environmental Problems in East-Central Europe provides a wealth of up-to-date reference material, with a vast amount of supporting literature on environmental conditions and the functioning of civil society and a map of each country. The environment is being taken seriously by them all, such is the influence of the Rio sustainability agenda in general and the EU environmental 'acquis' in particular. The book reveals that Eastern Europe is not a blighted area, but in some respects has a higher biodiversity than Western Europe. Although there is enormous waste and inefficiency in energy use, people actually consume relatively little and the East therefore has some lessons for the West in terms of managing on the bases of 'fair share' of the earth's resources. Environmental Politics And Transition / Susan Baker -- Environmental Movements, Nation States And Globalisation / Adam Fagin, Andrew Tickle -- The Central Importance Of The European Union / David Turnock -- The Soviet Union And The Successor States / David Turnock -- Country Studies -- Northern Group -- Czech Republic / Petr Pavlinek -- East Germany / Olivia J. Wilson, Geoff A. Wilson -- Hungary / Alan Dingsdale, Imre Nagy, Gyorgy Perczel, David Turnock -- Poland / F. W. Carter, Ewelina Kantowicz -- Slovakia / Vladimir Drgona, David Turnock -- Slovenia / Dusan Plut, Metka Spes, Valentina Brecko -- Country Studies -- Southern Group -- Albania / Derek R. Hall -- Bosnia And Hercegovina / Richard Clarke -- Bulgaria / John Pickles, Mariana Nikolova, Caedmon Staddon, Stefan Velev, Zoya Mateeva, Anton Popov -- Croatia / Peter Jordan -- Macedonia / Stefan Buzarovski, Aleksandar Stojmilov -- Romania / David Turnock -- Yugoslavia / Richard Clarke. Edited By F.w. Carter And David Turnock. Originally Published: Environmental Problems In Eastern Europe / Edited By F.w. Carter And David Turnock. 1993. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Environmental Studies Book Cover 2 Title 5 Contents 6 List of illustrations 10 List of editors and contributors 13 Acknowledgement 19 List of abbreviations 20 Context 25 Introduction 27 Environmental politics and transition 46 Environmental movements, nation states and globalisation 64 The central importance of the European Union 80 The Soviet Union and the successor states 116 Country studies northern group 141 Czech Republic 143 East Germany 163 Hungary 181 Poland 207 Slovakia 231 Slovenia 252 Country studies southern group 273 Albania 275 Bosnia and Hercegovina 307 Bulgaria 329 Croatia 354 Macedonia 371 Romania 390 Yugoslavia 420 Conclusion 441 Conclusion 443 Index 457 A question for the country chapters is whether we go for a single list of thirteen territories, or use northern and southern groupings.